gaming pc specs

alright ladies and gents. its time to bring out the computer building skills.
i am interested in building my own gaming pc. i have been doing extensive research into the different parts and pricings. typically the system i spec out comes out to around 2000 dollars which is a little more than i was hoping to spend. so now i ask all of you. please email me or post specs to your current pcs, a new pc you had i mind, or just your dream specs. the only specs i have truly made my mind on are the graphics card and cpu. for the graphics card i am looking at the geforce 8800 GTS (the GTX is just a little too pricey), if not the 8800 then one with comporable abilities, directx 10 (crysis baby!!!). and as for the cpu i have been thinking the intel core 2 duo E6600 (nice specs and still in my price range). but again everything is up in the air. all i really want is to rock out crysis to its full potential. so please, lend me your thoughts, from one gamer to another.

i thank you

you really don't need that CPU. you could go less. i still stand by the GPU being far more important than the CPU.

still, it would be better if you posted what the other parts are that are bring the cost up. are you trying to buy too much storage a ridiculous;ly powerful PSU you don't need or expensive ram that you don't need.

it might help to tell us these things. also, if you are interested in crysis(don't get too excited is my opinion) then it would be best waiting till it is released and the hardware that is out then is tested with it.

the reason i say don't get too excited about crysis is that whilst far cry was an okay game, it wasn't great. the worst part was the addition of the trigens. the sad part is that they are using the same formula. supposedly a good game with great game play and graphics. also, again instead of mutants, we get aliens. hope they do a better job of crysis than far cry, i have my doubts.

Who are you and what have you done to StrangeStranger?

I lost all interest in Far Cry once the Trigens arrived. The game's bling bling wore off once they got involved.

Were those the trolls in the basement that came and attacked you mid-game?

I sorta stopped playing about then...

Oh, if you want, you could always play Alien Shooter Vengeance!

Oh, the E6600 is not bad, and you can also OC that one pretty easily, so whatever. I got pretty much a full system, with a 7950GT KO for about $1700. Although I already had a dual-screen monitor(s).

I mean everything else, 2 drives, mouse, new G15 KB, 2G RAM. Plays nice. Specs out at 6000 on 3DM2K6.

You can get about 10K out of it, moderate OC, with an 8800 though. I would scale back on some of the goodies though.

Also, as these guys are saying. Hold off a bit if you are waiting for one game in particular. If there is nothing you want to play now, do not get the system now. You can get the same thing 3 months from now for 10%-20% less.

So relax. $2000 can get you a HELL of a lot, just not the absolute best, which would be a waste of $$ anyway....

Crysis is probably 6+ months away, if that is truely all you want this thing to do, don't buy an 8800GTS now.

If you must build now, buy a cheaper card like a 7600GT or X1650XT. Then come crysis upgrade to the best card you can afford as reviews/benchmarks show. There is no way no how that a GF8800GTS will hold $350 honors in crysis. I wouldn't be surprised if a $300 fall refresh card would beat the 8800GTX in Crysis.

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